These hogs were breachy, and the plaintiff notified the defendant several times to shut them up, and the last time told him if he did not shut them up he would; and the defendant replied, ' Shut them up, and be d d!'"

The faculty of Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, has been reorganized. Judge Henry W. Blodgett, LL.D., recently appointed by President Harrison counsel for the United States in the Behring Sea Arbitration, continues Dean of the School and Professor of Patent and Admiralty Law. Four new professors have been elected, three of whom give their entire time to the School. These three are : — Nathan Abbott, A.B., LLB., a graduate of Yale and former member of the Boston bar. Professor Abbott goes to Northwestern from the Michigan University Law School, where he had established a fine reputation as a teacher. Ernest Wilson Huffcut, B.S., LL.B., graduate of Cornell University, where he made a brilliant reputation, has resigned his position in the Law School of Indiana State University to accept the position offered him at Northwestern. Edward Avery Harriman, A.B., LL.B., who graduated at Harvard with high honors, and after wards from the Boston University Law School, is the third of the new professors. Mr. John Maynard Harlan, A.B., LL.B., a gradu ate of Princeton University, and one of the ablest of the younger men at the Chicago Bar, and a son of Mr. Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court of the United States, has been appointed Professor of Real Property Law. Mr. Justice Harlan him self is Professor of Constitutional Law in North western Law School. During his absence from the country, as one of the arbitrators in the Behring Sea controversy, his place is to be filled by Mr. Justice Brewer of the Supreme Court. Among the special lecturers appointed we notice the names of Melville M. Bigelow of Boston, ChiefJustice Elliot of Indiana, Seymour D. Thompson of St. Louis, Judge Bunn of Madison, Judge Gresham of Chicago; Charles H. Aldrich, Solicitor-General of the United States, Washington; Aldace F. Walker, former member of the Interstate Com merce Commission, and Leroy D. Thoman, former member of the United States Civil Service Com mission; as well as John N. Jewett, one of the leaders of the Chicago Bar. Mr. Harvey B.

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Hurd and Judges Booth and Farwell continue in the School, where they have served for many years. The outlook for the School is full of promise.

REVIEWS. The July Arena contains a richly illustrated paper on " Women in the Alliance Movement," by Annie L. Diggs. A paper by H. A. Higgins on the " Basis of Currency," in which he ably an swers Mr. Carnegie's A B C of money and Mr. Harter's recent attack on silver. Among the politi cal papers in this issue are : " Why the Democrats should elect the Next President," by Hon. W. E. Springer, leader of the present House; "Why Republicans should elect the Next President,"' by Hon. J. C. Burrows, M. C, from Michigan: "Why the People's Party should elect the Next President/' by Hon. Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia. Starting off to a summer resort, or for a week's fishing, or upon a tramp with a gun, or to visit your relations in the country, there is one com panion that you will not regret taking with you, — a copy of the July Cosmopolitan. It contains a wide, range of subjects for summer reading, — twenty-two articles, mostly illustrated.

There are three interesting literary papers in the July New England Magazine. One deals with Edward Augustus Freeman, the historian, and is by the well-known English essayist, William Clarke. Another treats of " The Socialism of James Russell Lowell," and is by Edward Grubb, of the University of London; and the third is from the pen of Walter Blackburn Harte, the Bos ton critic and story-writer, and is devoted to "The Antiquity of the Short Story." Western readers will find much to interest them in the finely illustrated article, "The Heart of Chicago," written by Franklin H. Head.

The July Century is sufficiently summery in its contents, the opening paper being a readable and authentic account of the Great French landscape